Calling it a celebration of transition, covers have been taken off the Royal Enfield SG650 Concept on the EICMA present in Italy not too long ago. Responding to a problem by Chief of Design Mark Wells, the Royal Enfield Industrial Design Team got here up with the SG650 Concept, a imaginative and prescient of what the long run holds.
As a “what if” state of affairs for Royal Enfield, many parts on the SG650 Concept are essentially one-offs and customized fabricated. This contains the tank, machined down from a strong block of billet aluminium, the identical utilized to the wheels with built-in ABS.
Further use of aluminium is proven within the upside-down forks, built-in high triple clamp that includes the headlamp nacelle and handlebar change blocks. Nods to Royal Enfield’s traditional bike design are seen within the twin rear shock absorbers and hand-stitched black leather-based seat.
Displacing 648 cc, the liquid-cooled parallel-twin within the SG650 produces 47 hp at 7,250 rpm and 52 Nm of torque at 5,250 rpm. The blacked-out mill and exhaust is carried within the traditional Royal Enfield body, functioning with the polished aluminium as a “digital transformation” for the agency.
“We are a company in transition – so long a representation of the analog age and now developing new products that keep that same pure soul yet are fully integrated into the digital present. To celebrate this, we wanted to develop a project that really gave our design team an opportunity to stretch themselves creatively,” stated Wells.
